Rolf wrote:

Multiple conflicting Perl installations and messed up environment variables are a recurring theme in many posts of this particular monk.

That's not entirely valid and really a bit unfair. Your characterization might lead to other monks ignoring my posts, and that's a pretty negative effect in my view of how perlmonks should be.

I am capable of learning from past mistakes and absorbing advice from the monks, thus the frequency of these "weird problems" has dropped drastically.

What's accurate and true is that my Windows systems are (mostly) working fine and I am aware of and in control of all env vars*, $PATH, etc. I've stopped using StrawberryPerl entirely and am focused completely on CygPerl at present. I also use Gnu/Linux systems and usually compare problems when they come up to see if I can reproduce the difficulty on Linux.

* My CPAN module helps me with that.

    – Soren
May 02, 2026 at 16:52 UTC

I also use Gnu/Linux systems and usually compare problems when they come up to see if I can reproduce the difficulty on Linux.

Did you do that for the problem in the OP? What was the conclusion?

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I wrote earlier:


I also use Gnu/Linux systems and usually compare problems when they come up to see if I can reproduce the difficulty on Linux.

Heh heh. No, this time I didn't do that. Should have, but didn't.

What's strange is that I didn't spot any error failures in the screen output aside from missing prerequisites. It was almost as if we have a circular dependency situation.

There was a typo in my OP. I stated:


When I try to build the two required modules alone, I can't get a successful installation.

Sorry, that ought to have been: When I try to build (each of) the two required modules alone, I can get a successful installation. Again, sorry for the confusion.

    – Soren
May 07, 2026 at 17:51 UTC

> I am capable of learning from past mistakes

Well, actions speak louder than words. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Maybe convince us by replying to those who are still trying to help you?

Cheers Rolf
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